Fence stay



Nov, 1, 192 7.

J. O. HERROD FENCE STAY Filed March 18, 1927 ill) Patented Nov". 1, 1927.

UNITED STATS OFFICE.

JESSIE 0. EERROD, F MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI.

rnnon STAY.

This invention aims to provide a. novel but simple and effective stay which may be con nected to the horizontal wires of a fence, to prevent the wires from being hooked upwardly by cattle, and to prevent the wires from being pressed downwardly should the operator desire.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the in vention appertains.

VVith the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description pro-- coeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of pans and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiniient oi the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, 'ithout departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings t Figure 1 shows one use to which the stay forming the subject matter of this application may be put;

-Figure 2 is a perspective view showing another way in which the device may be employed;

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the stay;

Figiure -ilis an elevation wherein the stay is viewed edgewise.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is fashioned from wire or metal rod having some resiliency. A' strip 1 is provided and includes a plurality of approximately parallel. inclined arms 2 merging into oppositely projecting loops 3 and l having acommon side 5, the loop of each arm bearing laterally against the other arm, as shown at 6. At. its ends, the strip 1 supplied with eyes 7.

In Figure 1, the lower eye 7 and the next adjacent loop are engaged with the hor zontal wires 8 of a fence shown as carried upon posts 9. Any desired number of the loops 3 may be engaged with supplemental wires 10 located above the fence 8-9. The construction, obviously, is such that the wires 10 cannot be hooked upwardly by cattle.

In Figure 2, certain of the loops Sare engaged with the wires 11 ota fence including posts 12, the wires 11 being held by the tie, against upward movement, the lowermost eye 7 in Figure 2 may be connected with the ground ll in any suitable way, for instance by means of a pin 15 driven into the ground, and a short length of wire 16 engaged with the pin 15, and with the lowermost eye 7 of the stay.

If desired, the wires, such as the Wires 1010, 88, or 11-11, may be mounted in the loops 4 instead of in the loops 3, and, then, the wires will be held against downvard movement. The stay shown in Figure l: may be turned end for end, and either end of the stay may be disposed uppermost. Because each of the loops bears yieldingly against the arm 2, as shown at (i, the fence wires will be held securely in either of the loops 3 or l, the strip having spring enough so that the fence wire can be released forcibly froin the loop 3 or the loop 4 upon occasion.

lVhat is claimed is A fence stay provided at its ends with anchorage means, and comprising parallel arm each arm being: connected to an ad joining arm by oppositely projecting wireholding loops of like shape, each loop having contact, near to its end, with one of the arms, all of the arms and all of the loops being located in the same plane.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto ailtixed my signature.

JESSIE O. HERB-OD. 

